Problems with Digital Audio Devices

Intermittent hissing or no sound is heard from my digital speakers.

Make sure you select the sampling rate of the PCM SPDIF output of your Digital Out connector to match the requirements of the receiving device. You may need to select a lower digital output sampling rate. The choices available are 48 kHz and 96 kHz.

To solve this problem:

For Windows 98 SE and Windows Me:

1.Click Start ->Settings ->Control Panel.

2.In the Control Panel dialog box, double-click the System icon.

3.In the System Properties dialog box, click the Device Manager tab.

4.Double-click the Disk drives icon. Your computer drives will appear.

5.Double-click the hard disk drive icon.

6.In the box that appears, click the Settings tab.

7.Click the DMA (direct memory access) check box to select it. An alert message box appears.

8.Click the OK button.

9.Click the OK button in the next box.

10.Click the Close button on the System Properties dialog box.

11.When prompted to restart your computer, click the Yes button.

12.Repeat steps 4-11 if you have other drives, for example, other hard disk drives, CD-ROM, CD-RW, and DVD-ROM drives. In step 4, double-click the respective drive icon.

For Windows 2000 and Windows XP:

1.Click Start ->Settings ->Control Panel.

2.In the Control Panel dialog box, double-click the System icon.

3.In the System Properties dialog box, click the Hardware tab.

4.Click the Device Manager button.

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